This folder contains the replication files for the paper "Can Political Alignment be Costly?" by Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, and Arman Rezaee.

The summary_stats.do file produces Appendix Tables 1 and 2 in the paper.

The closeRD.do file conducts all analysis and produces all tables and figures that use the close election regression discontinuity specification in the paper.

The geoRD.do file conducts all analysis and produces all tables and figures that use the geographic regression discontinuity specification in the paper.

The rinf.do and rinf_2002_palcebo.do files are called in the closeRD.do file and do not need to be run separately.

Please create the following folders in the directory:
	interim_output
	figures
	figures/coef